Hello everyone!  Welcome back!

So we’ve talked about creating a identifiable “brand” and sharing your message, now lets talk about being open to growth.

This can be a bit scary because staying small is safe and it is protected – but it is also stagnant and it doesn’t allow you, as a person or as an artist, to grow.

 

If you’ve done a beautiful job curating your brand and you are getting your message “out there” eloquently and clearly (as we discussed in the 2 previous posts), then opportunities will come to you.

Say yes, in your mind, before you say no.

However, don’t wait around for those amazing opportunities and those “golden emails”.  Make things happen on your own!  Where do you want your business (and art is business – let’s not forget that in all the meaning and the beauty) to be featured?  What are your next steps?

 

Think about next month.   What challenges can you say “yes” to that will help you grow?
How about next year?
Who do you want to work with?
Where do you want your work to be seen?
Who do you need to connect with specifically to make these things happen?
How can you change your marketing just enough to allow for your goals to become reality?
How do you look to your customers and audience?  

This may take a little imagination and dreaming on your part – but that’s what we’re best at, right?

Don’t be afraid to ask for growth.  Sending an email to a blogger or to an editor may feel scary, but don’t let that stop you.  Asking how you can collaborate with a rad brand may make you nervous, but think of the rewards!  …And what is the worst that can happen?  They say no?  Psshhh.  No biggy there.  You say “no” to things all day long!

Have extra faith in yourself and even more confidence that you are on a good path and that good things will happen.  Surround yourself with a fan club that can not only network on your behalf but can cheer you in those inevitable dry spells.  Good mentors, encouragers, and friends are also the best people to share your aspirations with.  They are honest and loving and can give you highly valuable feedback.

 

I have two friends, Sarah Eddy & Jordan Brantley (follow them, they’re amazing and highly talented people), that go on a creative getaway one weekend year.  They talk, plan, dream, bounce ideas off each other, and in the end, come away from the mini-trip energized and with clearer goals.  You see what I mean, they’re brilliant!

What goals are you setting down?  I would love to hear about your aspirations!

I have so much faith in the creative community.  It is so full of amazingly talented people who are all hard at work, blazing their own bright and exciting paths.  It’s invigorating to watch and even more wonderful when you jump in and join them!
I’m so excited to see how we are all going to grow this year!